Chrome for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch Now Available on iOS App Store

The popular Chrome web browser is now available as a free download for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. The alternative iOS browser has many features borrowed from the desktop version, but three in particular make Chrome a very nice alternative to Safari:

There are a few other nice features too, like being able to request a full desktop version of a site if you have been served the mobile version, and the ability to search by voice by tapping the little microphone logo in the URL bar.

Performance is pretty good but Chrome is not yet as quick as Safari when loading javascript, so if you frequently visit sites that use ajax, ads, and web 2.0 style content, you’ll probably notice the performance hit. That’s not to say that Chrome for iOS is slow, it’s just currently slower than Safari.

Also frustrating, but to no fault of Chrome, is that users can’t change their default web browser in iOS from Safari, meaning if someone has emailed you a link that you want to open in Chrome you will have manually open it and paste in the URL. That’s a nuisance, but with the amount of web browsers being made available to iOS it’s probably only a matter of time before things like default email and web browser apps can be changed in iOS Settings.

If you use Chrome as your desktop browser already and you own an iPad or iPhone, it’s certainly worth checking out.
(Chrome on iPad running in incognito mode)

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sorry pal.. I don’t use it
Honeslty….And iam still living in..and have my APPLE running fine
Maps…. Waiting to replace..,,
Search engine?….. Sorry i use bing
Email? I dont have any gmail…
Translate… Using in the app store
Docs? Pages keynote numbers…
Youtube… I dont have any youtube acc
We browser??… Safari please
Tablet? Ihave 3 ipad in the house. All mobile not androids
All computer is apple. No windows
So… Is there anyhting???????

Im a solid Apple Safari user and this has completely converted me to using Chrome on all my devices. Love every bit of it and looking forward to performance updates. Incognito mode kicks bum for the obvious reasons but the device page syncing is just a dream come true. It’ll take a huge change from safari to turn me back. Thanks Google!! :)

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